Chapter 1929 Thinking Too Much, Doing Too Little


    Ying Jie lowered his head, and his scarves were slightly scattered. Among the arrested crowd, he kept silent, trying to reduce his sense of existence as much as possible.


    Ying Ju was stopped by the hussars deployed outside the city, but because it was not easy to distinguish whether it was really because of fear of riots that he fled, or because of other reasons, all those who were intercepted outside the city were sent to the barracks In the middle, the soldiers were strictly guarded.


    At first, someone made a fuss, and then Ying Jue also tried to make a fuss, but then Captain Zhang came, and without a word, he arrested more than ten people who were making trouble in the front, and then directly executed the caning...


    It''s strange to say that if the head is beheaded directly, it may not be able to suppress the anger of the crowd for a while, but it may even make the crowd more excited, and there is no whipping punishment of beheading directly, whip after whip , the tortured people screamed again and again, and the blood dripping on the back of the naked body suppressed the resistance of these people very well, and no one was willing to jump out to express protest or objection. .


    Ying Yu didn''t know the reason, but he knew that the current situation was not right.


    There is trouble.


    Shouldn''t this hussar be busy dealing with those troublesome students in the city? I and Liu Zhen can escape Chang''an very easily, even very easily, why did it become like this?


    Obviously I came first... Well, no, I was obviously the first to evacuate, but why did I fall into the interception circle of the hussars? Could it be that the hussars had already begun to deploy their defenses as early as yesterday during the day? But it doesn''t make sense, since you have time to deploy defenses outside the city, why don''t you go into the city to calm down the riots?


    The city of Chang’an seems to have completely calmed down. I don’t know if it’s because it’s too far away, and there’s no special sound at all, so it’s recovered so quickly?


    What are the hussars doing? Why did he detain me and the people around me? Could it be that he has already guessed what Brother Liu and I are doing? So how do I change it? Brother Liu escaped? Shouldn''t there be defenses on the banks of the Weishui River? But the problem is that there are barriers on the roads, so how can there be nothing in the waterways?


    There were various questions in Ying Ju''s mind, and none of them had an answer, which made his brain ache.


    But the thing that caused him even more headaches was still to come, and then a group of people came from the barracks, sat down on the high platform in the barracks, and then set up a table, and began to ask one by one to ask, and then assigned...


    In order to prevent the reoccurrence of the riot, Zhang Xiu asked people to connect the rejecting horses in series, and then left only a passage about two people wide in the middle. .


    Even though Ying Ju kept procrastinating, but after all, there were fewer and fewer people in front of him, and soon it was his turn to be in the front. At this moment, if he deliberately hides behind, it is obviously a kind of exposure, so it can only be Bite the bullet and stepped forward, along the passage formed by Juma, to the front of the high platform.


    On the high platform, Wang Chang and Du Yu tried their best to distinguish everyone passing by. Their duty is to come here for preliminary screening, and at the same time to expose these people, or problematic guys more quickly. Their purpose is not to immediately distinguish which is loyal and which is adulterous, but to obtain their corresponding confessions, and then correspond again from these confessions. If there are discrepancies, there must be a problem.


    This is a very simple psychology, because these people are either telling the truth, or telling lies, or half-truths, but as long as there is a lie, more things are needed to cover up the lie...


    Ying Jue gave his guard in the crowd a wink, then walked slowly, and followed the person in front. He didn''t let the guard follow him directly, because he was afraid that the three of them together would attract more attention. So simply let the guard wait until the end, anyway, if he can get away, the guard or something, um, naturally it doesn''t matter.


    Ying Ju''s guards don''t know exactly what Ying Ju thinks about. The guards'' arms and legs are thicker, so their heads are also thicker. In addition, they have followed Ying Ju for many years, and they are used to Ying Ju doing whatever they say. What, I don''t have the ability to think independently, so naturally I don''t think there is anything wrong, since the young master ordered to do this, just do it.


    Ying Jue scratched his head intentionally or unintentionally, as if he used a little more strength, and the original hair bun was a little messy, and many strands of hair hung down. Coupled with the dirt that was deliberately stained on his face, Ying Jue I feel that I should be able to get by, and even the speeches have already been prepared...


    Ying Jue unexpectedly, when he came to the high platform, Zhang Xiu took a look and frowned immediately, before Ying Jue could speak, he said, "Where is your guard?" 』


    "what? Zhang Xiu''s question immediately disrupted Ying Ju''s plan, causing him to get stuck, "Gu...Guard? 』


    Zhang Xiu looked Ying Ju up and down, and said: "You had three guards, and you wanted to pass the checkpoint last night. One died, and there should be two more... Do you remember correctly?" 』


    『This...』Ying Ju shook his eyes from side to side, and said with an embarrassed smile, "Reporting to the general, the small thing is that I was afraid... It made the general unhappy, so I made him stay behind..."


    Zhang Xiu snorted, and didn''t respond to the reasoning, but said loudly: "This guard, come forward!" 』


    After a while, two people came out from the remaining crowd, and then silently came behind Ying Yu.


    Zhang Xiu waved his hand, indicating that this is the end of his work, and let Wang Chang ask the rest.


    Wang Chang has been observing from the side, the more he looks at Ying Ji, the more strange he feels. Normally speaking, when encountering such a thing, it is normal to be disheveled and disheveled. After all, it is difficult to take care of one''s own appearance when one is restless. It is understandable that the hair is messy and dusty.


    But the person in front of him was not like that.


    Since you can calmly think of asking the guards not to go with you, why do you ignore your own mess? This is one of them. Second, since there are guards with him, it can be said that he is unaware or arrogant for a while, but he is still cautious and cautious at the moment...


    Third, I always feel a little familiar...


    『Come on! And wipe his face! 』Wang Chang didn''t ask questions in the original order of question and answer, but waved his hand, and asked the soldiers on the side to come forward and wipe Ying Ju''s face clean before speaking.


    Ying Ju wanted to refuse, but at first he couldn’t resist, and at the second, he was worried that saying that he refused would be a cover-up, so he had to close his eyes and resign himself to letting the soldiers toss rudely on his face...


    "what? 』Du Yu, who was behind Wang Chang, looked at Ying Ju, and frowned slightly.


    Du Yu passed the big exam this time, and had the credit for reporting this incident, so he was directly assigned to Wang Chang as his assistant, and came to the barracks to screen personnel together. Seeing Ying Ju after wiping off the dirt and dust on his face, it seemed to bring back some memories.


    Wang Chang heard Du Yu''s voice, turned his head and asked, "Do you recognize this person?" 』


    "I don''t know..." Du Yu shook his head slowly, and when Ying Ju breathed a sigh of relief, he said slowly, "However, a certain person met this person at the Brother Wang Wenhui...this person asked a certain person How was the test, and where did I end up...』


    Wang Chang was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head to look at Ying Yu, and smiled coldly, "In this way, a certain person also remembered... A certain person held three literary conferences, and friends also joined in, and every session was full..."


    Ying Yu''s face changed drastically, and he couldn''t find any words to prevaricate for a while. It can''t be said that you all admitted wrongly. I actually have a twin brother...


    Zhang Xiu sneered coldly, and immediately shouted violently: "Take it down!" 』


    The hussars also responded immediately, raising their knives and guns, pumping their backs, knocking their legs, and before Ying Ju and his guards could react, they were knocked over and immediately rushed forward to overwhelm them. tied up.


    These days, there is no such thing as personal rights, and there is no standard for mosaicing criminal suspects to protect their rights, and then revealing all the brave whistleblowers. If there is a problem, just take it down first. Ask again!


    Ying Jue''s whole body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground like mud. The pride before was only when he was not in danger. Now he is facing the point of a knife, ax and gun, so there is no "cheap" death Feeling at home?


    Wang Chang and Du Yu looked at each other, and felt that this time, it seemed that a big fish had been caught in the net...


    …(··)(··)…


    I feel like a fish, I have jumped on Daozu, and Wei Duan.


    After finally escaping from the meeting hall of the General’s Mansion, he returned home with unspeakable nausea. The first thing he did was to take down all the servants who were in charge of cleaning up the filth and waste in the house. .


    『Come on! let''s go..."


    Before Wei Duan finished speaking, a housekeeper tremblingly came to the front of the hall and reported, "My lord, Du Lingjun and Captain Li are here..."


    『Yes, please, please! ” Wei Duan stood up, “Wait, wait for someone to meet him in person! 』Wei Duan rushed out in a hurry, not even caring about the crooked clogs on his feet.


    Seeing Du Ji and Li Yuan, Wei Duan bowed deeply to Li Yuan first, and bowed to the ground, "Sometimes negligence, lax management of the family!" It''s all at fault! I apologize to Brother Li Xian! A servant who has already killed this matter, will definitely not have similar situations in the future...』


    Li Yuan took a breath, stepped forward to help Wei Duan up, "This is a small matter... Well, this is not a place to talk..."


    『Yes, exactly, please, please! 』


    Wei Duan hastily led the two to the main hall, and then divided the guests and hosts into seats.


    Although it is said that everyone has written a self-reporting form after leaving the meeting hall of the General''s Mansion, it does not mean that this matter is over, and there are many follow-up matters.


    For these people arrested in the city, Hussar meant to have a public trial and then punish them according to the law.


    Yes, all of them must be punished. They didn’t mention the difference between the leader and the subordinate, but emphasized that they should be punished according to the law, and this “law” naturally fell on Wei Duan’s head.


    Sen Lu Yuan Shen Lu, who can be who does not propose the standard of "Law"?


    When Wei Duan took over this position before, he was still very proud, throwing a big feast, full of fumes, but now he can''t wait to give himself a few slaps! But the problem is that people are already standing in the coffee shop, um, in the radish pit, facing the suppressed rules, even if their own skin is swollen, what''s the use?


    『Come on! Serve tea! ’ Wei Duan called out loudly.


    "Uh..." Li Yuan hiccupped immediately when he heard the tea was served, waved his hands again and again as if unable to hold back his nausea, "Don''t serve the tea now... I heard this word at this moment, so...uh...uh... 』


    Wei Duan was so embarrassed that he felt that his face was red and hot, hot and numb, as if he had been slapped several times.


    『Everyone back down! stand down! After Wei Duan apologized to Li Yuan again, he let out a long sigh, "This matter...what should we do? ! 』


    If it comes to personal feelings, Wei Duan wished that all the troublemakers in the city would be counted one by one, and his arms would be broken first, and then their heads would be chopped off one by one, as compensation for the injuries his son suffered.


    But the problem is that among the people arrested in the city, they are also the sons of others. If Wei Duan was able to identify those who were the real perpetrators of his son Wei Dan, and then reported them directly, and exchanged blood for blood, there would be no problem, and others would not be able to tell what was wrong, but there was chaos last night To the extreme, who made the move, who is the one who hurt Wei Dan, there is no way to tell, so how to deal with it?


    Even if it is to be punished according to the law, where does this "law" come from?


    Convicted of "rebellion"? Will it be too heavy?


    Is it too light to convict with "prohibition"?


    What''s more, there are also regulations such as "please ask the guilty first" and "protect the family" and so on. How to measure these? If one''s own laws are unreasonable, and then all these children are punished, although on the surface, the parents of these children may not dare to say anything, and they may not dare to grin their teeth at Huqi, but they will definitely hold grudges for several years, ten years , decades!


    This kind of grudge will fall on the hussars, and it will also fall on himself, and it will fall on the Wei family...


    Because if it was Wei Duan himself, he would be the same.


    Above the matter, it is natural to say, yes, what Hu Qi said is right, yes, Wei Duan is also right in the judgment, I have no objection, I have no objection at all, but turning around, I remember that my son and nephew were punished by Hu Qi, He was sentenced and persecuted by Wei Duan. As for whether his child has done anything to hurt others...


    My child is so well-behaved, so smart, so sensible, how could he be able to do it? Those who did it must be children from other families, and the ones from our own family were just implicated!


    As long as he thinks about it for a while, Wei Duan feels that his head is as big as a dozen, and he is thinking about his own son, the future of the whole family, and which one the law should follow. Offending so many people, after all these years it was hard to maintain the reputation of the Wei family...


    Du Ji said softly: "I heard that the lord has sent someone to appoint Zhongshi Shenlu..."


    『Chang’s name? ’ Wei Duan’s eyes widened.


    After Zhong Shao died that year, Zhong Jie basically stayed behind closed doors. Later, he and Qiao set up some sort of Prophecy Palace, which was regarded as a preliminary re-entry into the court, but now...


    Du Ji nodded and continued, "Appointed as the assistant editor of the Senate..."


    Wei Duan took a deep breath, and his body couldn''t help shivering. Chong Shao was famous when he was young, and in the last years of Zhongping, he was already an advising doctor, so he was very familiar with the court laws and the like. Zhong Jie naturally has to pass on family studies, and he is not much worse than Wei Duan in matters of law.


    Fei Qian’s meaning seems to have been expressed through this appointment. If Wei Duan dare not do it, or is unwilling to do it, someone will naturally do it for him!


    Wei Duan couldn''t help laughing bitterly, with some tears in his eyes, "What''s wrong with me?" What did you do wrong? What happened to this scene? 』


    Li Yuan hesitantly said, and then said bluntly: "Brother Wei, it''s not that I did something wrong, it''s that I didn''t do it!" 』


    Wei Duan immediately put away the tears in his eyes, "The two of you..."


    Du Ji frowned and said: "Brother Wei, don''t try again... Now that things are up, we should do something..."


    Wei Duan was speechless immediately, and after a long time, he cupped his hands and said, "Brother, I was wrong. My lord''s move is to divide us, as a brother, it is really...」


    Wei Duan has already understood the hidden intentions of Hussar General Fei in this incident, just like Hussars'' usual tactics, it seems to be on the surface, but it is extremely tricky!


    Actually, the phrase "without partiality and no party, the kingly way is swaying, without party and impartiality, the kingly way is mediocre", is already very straightforward. Fei Qian clearly knew that there would be troubles, but he just waited for the troubles to arise, and then he took the risk of destroying Chang''an, just to let more people fall into the pit, and these people in the pit, They were forced to start killing each other...


    Even what method should be used, actually told Wei Duan and others through Pang Tong''s behavior.


    It’s just that Wei Duan had some expectations before, hoping that he could still win over the big family members of the Guanzhong Sanfu to act as the so-called “spokesperson” of the Guanzhong gentry, and have more bargaining chips, so as to obtain more benefits.


    But now, basically all of them have come to naught.


    Because of hurt and hatred. Even if there may be benefits in the future, it will be put aside for the time being, but it is only for the time being, just like a broken mirror is hard to get back, and it is hard to get over the water.


    Does Wei Duan have hatred in his heart?


    Yes, my son has become disabled, even if I forget it for a while, as soon as I get home, how can I not think about it, how can I not hate it? Then the children of other families were severely punished, even if they were punished "according to the law", would they accept it rationally and willingly?


    The fire that started in the Zuixian Tower not only burned the Zuixian Tower, but also burned the foundation of many "cliques" of the sons of the gentry in Sanfu, Hedong, Shanxi in Guanzhong!


    Henceforth…


    『I knew…』


    Wei Duan let out a long sigh and shook his head.


    『That’s it…』 Wei Duan gritted his teeth, roaring like a wild beast in the shadows, 『Since it has to be done, it must be done beautifully! 』


    (end of this chapter)